木きの実み

also: このみ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

fruit of a tree; nut; berry

General term for any edible or inedible fruit, nut, or berry that grows on a tree. Covers a wide range of tree-borne produce.

秋あきになると、森もりでいろいろな木きの実みを拾ひろうことができる。
In autumn, you can pick up various nuts and berries in the forest.
この木きの実みは食たべられますか？
Are these tree fruits edible?

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に木きの実みがなるtree nuts/fruit grow (ripen) in a place
この森もりにはたくさんの木きの実みがなる。
Lots of nuts and berries grow in this forest.
木きの実みを拾ひろうto pick up fallen nuts or berries
子こ供どもたちは公こう園えんで木きの実みを拾ひろって遊あそんだ。
The children played by picking up acorns and berries in the park.
〈動どう物ぶつ〉が木きの実みを食たべるan animal eats tree nuts/berries as food
リスは冬ふゆに備そなえて木きの実みを食たべる。
Squirrels eat nuts to prepare for winter.

Expressions

木きの実みは本もとへ落おつall returns to dust; the fruit of the tree falls to the roots

Kanji

木tree, wood
実reality, truth, seed

Related words

果か実じつN3
果実 is the formal/botanical term for tree fruit used in writing and science, while 木の実 is the everyday word covering nuts, berries, and wild fruit alike.
果物くだものN5
果物 refers to cultivated, edible fruit sold and eaten as food, while 木の実 is broader and includes wild nuts and berries that may not be eaten.
実みN3
実 is a general word for the fruit or seed of any plant, whereas 木の実 specifically means fruit or nuts growing on trees.
ナッツ
木の実 is a native Japanese word for nuts and berries from trees with a natural, poetic feel, while ナッツ is the everyday loanword used for edible nuts in cooking and snacking contexts.

Counted with

個こN5
The all-purpose counter for small discrete objects, used when no more specific counter applies.
粒つぶN2
Used for small nuts or berries (木の実), which are naturally counted with 粒 depending on their size.

Built from

木き+実み

Written forms

木の実Usage99%
- きのみ
  Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
- このみ
木のみUsage<1%
- きのみ
  Kana-mixed spelling, less common but still encountered.
- このみ
キノミUsage<1%
このみ
Alternate reading, rarely used in modern Japanese; mostly found in older or poetic contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 木 (ki, 'tree') + の (no, possessive particle) + 実 (mi, 'fruit, nut, seed'). The reading きのみ is the standard modern form; このみ is an older, now rare reading.